Motor-driving attachment for binders.



T. G. MABLEY. moToR DRIVING ATTACHMENT FOR Bmoms.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, I915.

Patgnted Feb. 6,1917.-

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I, 1915.

Patented Feb. 6,1917.

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T. G. MABLEY.

MOTOR DRIVING ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1 I915.

1 214,564. Pa tented Feb. 6, 1917.

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THOMAS G. MABLEY. or. MENOMONEE FALLS,.WISCONSIN.

MOTOR-DRIVING ATTACHMENT FORBINDERS. v

Application filed September such means for. operating hinders.

Tu operating binders or lilv'emachines different working conditionsa re often encountered wherein it is desirable to vary the speed ofopcration of. the mechanism. with respect to the rate. of progression of the-mas chine. as for instance when a comparati 'ely heavy stand of grain is encountered it would be. desired to relatively accelerate the operation of the cutting and binding mechanism.

it is therefore an important object of the present invention to provide such an operating means wherein the propelling wheels of the machine and the mechanism of the machine are operated independently to permit of relatively variable speeds being imparted thereto. v

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of such operating means comprising an independent unit whichmayv be associated with binders of existing types in a manner requiring but veryslight modification of the structures of such hinders.

A further object resides in the provision of such an operating means which comprises. a truck memberearrying. the drivingmeans and attachable to a binder in the manner of the usual draft tongues which are provided on binders. whereby in a motor driven arrangement means may be provided 'for steering the hinder and for adjustably supporting the forward portion thereof and further whereby the weight of the drive means is not. supported in a manner tending to excessively strain the binder structure.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in View. the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 19:17.

1, 1915. Serial No. 48.538.

particularly hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is had to thenccompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views'an'd in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing convmtionall portions of a hinder structure with. the improved operating means. associated therewith: Fig. v2 is a vertical sec- Qtional view taken on the line 22 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 5-) is a detailed sectional view taken transversely on the line of Fig. 2 and showing 1 e mounting .or the wheels of the truck. and Fig. 4 is a transverse ectional view on the line 4l of Fig. 2, showing the motor support.

lleferring now more particularly to the I accompanying drawings there is shown in conventional outline portions of a binder structure including the front sill'fi. the bull wheel or main drivingnvheel 6 which is car ried by transverse bars 7 of the frame. and the rear shaft 8 which in usual structures is driven by the sprocket-wheel 9 carried on the bully-heel axle. This shaft 8' carries a sprocket-wheel 9 whereby such driving action is effected. Tn the present arrangement shown on the drawings the shaft 9 is of greater length than the shaft usually employed. and the sprocket 9 is positioned on the inner end of the shaft and forwardly of the inner bar 7.

The improved driving and guiding attachment includes a truck which is formed of a beam 10. which projects forwardly from by the tongue thereof and which is pivotally connected to the binder by a bolt 11 passing through said beam .and. through outstanding'ears 12 carried by the sill 5. A brace 13 issecured intermediately to the beam and extends diagonally inwardly to a pivotal connectionlii'" with the binder sill 5. An axle 14. is carried atthe front of the beam and is rigidly secured thereto by a bracket 15 upstanding from said axle and carrying spaced ears 15' embracing and bolted to the. beam. Wheels 16 are provided on stub axles 17 which are carried. by spindles 18 pivotally at the ends of the axle in the general manner found in automobile constructions. A sleeve casting 19 is secured to and depends from the forward portion of the beam and arrangement and formation of parts more mounted in this casting is a shaft 20 which the binder in the position usually occupied carries a worm gear 21 and a depending arm 22 to which is pivotally seured a link 23 extending forwardly and pivoted to an inbothwheels are simultaneously steered. Ra-

serves to steer the the front end thereof.

secured by the bolts 37 .to the intermediate portion of the beam and extend aterally.

'ries a U-sh'aped member 2 dius rods 19 are connected to the axle 14 and to the casting 19. For actuating this steering mechanism, the shaft 20 loosely carwhich are formed witli bearings for receiv-' ingthe forward end of a steering shaft 28. Between these arms the shaft carries a worm 29 meshing with the worm gear 21 The rear portion 'of the shaft is mounted in a ,bearing 30 carried by an arm 31 upstanding rem the forward portion of the seat-bar "32 of the machine and terminally carries a steering wheel 33 adjacent the drivers seat 34.

To the rear portion of the beam are socured upstanding links 35 which grc connected to the usual mechanism for determining the elevation of the forward portion of the machine, these being the links that are. usually connected to the draft tongue of the machine. Thus it will be seen that this truck supplants the usual draft tongue and machine'and to support Spaced bars 36 are therefrom, diagonally their extremities to the bolts 37 under the beam to form braces. These bars 36 carry the base 39 of an engine 40. this engine preferably being the usual type of gasolene cngine,'although any other type may be employed. v

The engine includes the crank-shaft 41 which extends transversely of the truck and is connected to the pitman 42. Each outer end of the crank-shaft is provided with a pair of gear-wheels 43 otdiiferent size and corresponding gear-wheels 44 are loosely mounted on eountershafts 45 adjacent each end of the crank-shafts. these counter-shafts being preferably carried by bearings 46 formed .on arms 47 projecting from the em giiiebasc. A double cone clutch 48 is provided gear-wheels of each with their outer portions bent between the counter-shaft and is adapted to engage either of the wheels to thus impart a variable speed to the respective counter-shafts. The inner end of that counter-shaft most adjacent the bull-wheel carries a sprocket-wheel 49 and a sprocket-chain 50 is trained around said wheeland around the sprocket 9 of the bull: wheel. The inner end of the other countershaft carries a which is trained a sprocket-chain 51 which .extendsto,Jandaround the sprocket-wheel 9 which extend to and the arms-of- .are provided with these backward at 38 and secured at" sprocket-wheel 51, around of the shaft 8 which drivesthe mechanism of the machine.

-F or actuating the clutch members of the counter-shafts, bell crank'levers 52 are pivoted to lateral extensions '53 of the arms '47 which carry the-counter-shafts and have corresponding arms bifurcated at 54 tooperatively engage the clutch members, To the other arms of the levers are pivoted links are pivotally connected with levers 56 upstanding from and pivoted to the seat-bar. Arcuate racks 7 operated pawls' 58 are carried by the levers to on age these -racks. Thus a means is provic ed whereby the propelling wheel of the machinemay be operated independently of the mechanism of the' machine, and whereby the wheel and mechanism may-be operated at variable relative speeds.

By attaching the engine and transfnis. sion mechanism on the truck which supports land steers the'front of the machine, an (EXCUX which may be'associated with the machine vantage exists'in that a minimum amount mgly. compact unit is provided which levers and gripof strain is placed on the binder by the.

weight of the enm'ne.

transmission mechanism, any form of variable speed transmission which can be operated readily from the drivers seat may be em loyed. I a

In the arrangement shown in the drawings, certain mechanism of the binder is disposed between the sprocket 9' and the sprocket 46 and to hold the chain 51' connecting the sprockets clear of such mechanism, adjustable guide sheaves 59, are-secured to the binder structure above and below the position of such mechanism. In the construction shown, the shaft 8 usually provided on 'the'machine would be removed and a longer shaft replaced which would extendpast the bar 7 In certain constructions, however, the arrangement of the binder mechanism is suchthat the sprocket wheel 9' may be positioned on the shaft 8 on the outer side of the bar-'7 to have an operative connection with the counter-shaft.

Tn this arrangement the original shaft '8 of the binder could be employed.

I claim:

1. An attachment for binders and like machines'adapted to travel over the 'ground' chine, drive'means carried by said member,

Although there has; been shown and described a. specific form of it is obvious that and independent variable, speed connections between the'said drive means and a ground wheel and thesaid machine mec'hanism're,

spectively.

2. An attachment for bindersand tiltable machines including a beam adapted to be secured to the machine in lieu of and in the manner of the usual draft tongue thereof, means for supporting and steering the forward portion of the-beam, and means carried by said beam for driving the machine.

' gears on said counter-shafts adapted to be connected with the named gears ofthe machine upon arranging them in lateral displacement and removing necting means.

4- An attachment for binders and like machines including a gear carrying ground wheel and a gearcarrying shaft driven from the gear of said wheel, said attachment comprising a truck for steering the machine and supporting its forward portion adapted to be secured to the machine in the manner of and in lieu of the usual draft ton ue thereof, an engine carried on the tru k, a pair of counter-shafts, variable gears on their normal conspeed connections between the drive shaft of the engine and the counter-shafts, and said counter-shafts adapted to be connected with the named gears of the machine gears upon arranging them in lateral displacement and removing their normal connecting means.

5. 'A driving attachment for binders and like machines comprising a body member having a steerable support at one end and having its other end adapted for secu rement to a machine in lieu of and in the manner of the usual draft tongue of the machine, whereby working portions of the machine may be held at different desired elevations,

an engine mounted on the body member, a drive means connecting the engine and movable portions of the machine, a control means for the drive means, a steering control means, and both of said control means being operable fgom the operators seat of the machine.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, in the presen ge of two witnesses.

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THOMAS G'. MABLEY.

Witnesses:

DOROTHY Donom'm, M. E. Downer. 

